DISTRICT COURT, WATER DIVISION 1,
STATE OF COLORADO
901 9th Avenue
P.O. Box 2038
Greeley, Colorado 80632 / COURT USE ONLY
Case Number: 15CW3018
Plaintiff: The Jim Hutton Educational Foundation, a Colorado non-profit corporation
v.
Defendants: Dick Wolfe, in his capacity as the Colorado State Engineer; David Nettles, in his capacity as Division Engineer in and for Water Division No. 1, State of Colorado; Colorado Division of Water Resources; Colorado Parks and Wildlife; and Yuma County Water Authority.
v.
Defendant-Intervenor: Yuma County Water Authority
SIMPLIFIED ANSWER FOR PRO SE LITIGANT

I [We if husband and wife] , ______(“Pro Se”) appearing pro se and without counsel, hereby answers the complaint in this matter as follows:

  1. I [We] own a Northern High Plains Designated Basin well. The well is identified as follows:
  2. Well Permit Number ______
  3. Well Location (provide legal description on well permit) ______
  4. Number of irrigated acres ______
  1. I [We] own the well in my [our] own name and acknowledge that I [We] may not represent a well owned by a Corporation, LLC, Trust or other entity.
  1. I [We] received notice of the pending matter through mailing or publication.
  1. Pursuant to the published notice, the deadline for filing an answer or response is December 11, 2015.
  1. I [We] adopt the answers filed in this matter by the State of Colorado and the Yuma County Water Authority. To the extent that those answers do not fully admit or deny an allegation in the Complaint, I [we] deny the same.
  1. I [We] adopt the defenses claimed in this matter by the State of Colorado and the Yuma County Water Authority.
  1. I [We] acknowledge that I [We] have a duty to create an Integrated Colorado Court E-filing System (ICCES) account at to receive notices in this matter.

Dated this ______of ______, 2015

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Pro Se

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Pro Se

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

Case Number 2015CW3018

I hereby certify that on ______, a true and correct copy of the foregoing document, titled SIMPLIFIED ANSWER FOR PRO SE LITIGANT was served via ICCES to the following recipients:

Party Name / Party Type / Attorney Name
Jim Hutton Educational Foundation / Plaintiff
Applicant / Karen Leigh Henderson
Steven J. Bushong
(Porzak Browning & Bushong LLP)
Colorado Parks and Wildlife / Defendant
Opposer / Katie L. Wiktor
Timothy J. Monahan
Colorado Department of Natural Resources / Defendant
Opposer / Preston V. Hartman
Ema I. G. Schultz
Division of Water Resources / Defendant
Opposer / Preston V. Hartman
Ema I. G. Schultz
David Nettles / Defendant
Opposer / Preston V. Hartman
Ema I. G. Schultz
Dick Wolfe / Defendant
Opposer / Preston V. Hartman
Ema I. G. Schultz
State Engineer / State Engineer / State Engineer
Division 1 Engineer / Division Engineer / Division 1 Water Engineer

s/ Pro Se

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